Eight men out? No — eight men out on the field. That’s what college football wants to try to do more of. SEC Media Days began on Wednesday with a look at various rule and procedural changes for the coming season. Here are two tweets that will help you to get up to speed. First, a visual aid from Hoover, Ala.:
The SEC is going to try using an 8th official, immediately clarifies it's NOT about speeding up the game. #HailSaban pic.twitter.com/GesnHZ6xou
— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) July 16, 2014
Second, a backgrounder by Jon Solomon of CBSSports.com:
Shaw talks about SEC experimenting with 8 officials. My story in April on more conferences considering it. http://t.co/gU28WgOXkL
— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) July 16, 2014